Synonyms for suffuse
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.
The entire room was suffused with a golden light.
Related words
- Word family
- suffusedly suffusely suffusion
Forms
- Past participle
- suffused
e.g. suffused → bathed, imbued, perfused…
Example sentences
- spread I like to spread honey on my toast in the morning.
- bathe At what age do children learn to bathe themselves?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| suffuse | rising | |
| spread | rising | |
| bathe | rising | |
| imbue | rising | |
| overspread | rising | |
| perfuse | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- bathe1, imbue2
- 6 letters
- spread1
- 7 letters
- perfuse
- 10 letters
- overspread
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (imbue2 = 2 syllables).